the idea explained a bit better..

Since i am awake at stupid o'clock (thats 3 in the morning) i thought id explain the whole of Alias idea and how much we got done at tuesdays meeting. Alia explained that her pitch was about a man running for the train and missing it (we decided on meadowhall train station). He then sits down in the station to wait for his train. He can hear music around him that flashback to pivotal (pivatal?).. IMPORTANT moments in his relationship with his girlfriend.
On tuesday, me alia and sam all expanded on this idea tremendously. We included the process of symbolism by including daisies throughout. This way we can keep continuity but it also makes the viewers understand the strain of the relationship.
The 3 ideas for the flashbacks were :

• when the man sits down at the train station there is a busker on the floor. He is playing a song on his guitar (hey there delilah/wonderwall, for example) There is a picture of a daisy on the buskers guitar. The camera zooms in on the strings of the guitar until blurry, then zoom out to the guitar of a different person in a park playing the same song. We can then see the couple pushing each other on the swings and laughing together. He then gives her daisies from around the grass. The man pushes the girl and she jumps off the swing. This coincides with the thud of someone slamming their bags on the floor next to him in the train station. This also cuts off the song and emphasises the flashback and transition back to the station.

• the man then looks at the person rudely and puts shuffle on his ipod (we didnt decide which song yet) and looks at the picture on the front. There is a daisy on the screensaver and the 24 hour clock is then zoomed into. it is then zoomed out on to the clock on the dashboard of the car. the music is fast and loud as the couple argue while the man is driving. there is daisy air freshener hanging from the mirror to emphasise the daisy continuation. the arguing gets louder until the car comes to a screeching halt. This also ties in with the screech of the train as it flashes back to the present.

• we then didnt quite decide on how the music in the last flashback is played. maybe he could play another song from the ipod but turn it up loudly then pull out his earphones because the person beside him is annoying. he then sees daisies on the seat next to him and starts picking off the petals. as they fall to the ground the pavement where they are about to land turns into the carpet of his dorm room. the girl is packing away her stuff as the song plays in the background. no words are spoken so the song has to be really emotive and fit the scene. As the girl leaves the door slams which coincides with the annoying person beside him kicking the vending machine. He then looks up and sees his train coming. he stands up and gets on it. As he does this we see him trampling on daisies and his feet just step on the train.

Sorry about the really long post, just needed to write down all what we discussed from the last meeting, love lucy x

Progress: Sound

As a group we have discussed all the possible ways we can connect sound to the piece through the songs that flow through it. Together we have narrowed down the song list to evoke the emotions felt by the protagonist in each section of the film. In discussions this week we have also discussed possible problems that may occur through sound editing when the flashbacks appear. However, everyone has had effective ideas on how we can solve these problems through Sam the Sound Recordist (Safe Tings).
Overall, the meetings so far have been effective and i'm glad everybody have been confident enough to voice ideas and opinions, it can only make the piece stronger and better and more enjoyable to make.

Im truly guttered (beyond belief) that i will miss the making of our piece but i completely trust the group to make it as fantastic as possible!!

Come On Wolverines!!!!

Alia x

ideas

The ideas that we discussed in class were Toms idea which focussed around humour and the journey through the life of film. Alias idea was discussed on the day of the pitch. It is a journey of a relationship between two people through the process of flashbacks and symbolism. Alias pitch was chosen and we have had three meetings that have all gone really well. The pitch was discussed in length before we presented it but it still came across as underprepared. I personally thought it was not prepared and presented how we wanted it to. It appeared that Toms idea was expanded by himself but we all agreed on the films. We are working really well as a group and i enjoy the meetings we have so i was disappointed it came across that we werent working together. We gell really well together and im looking forward to shooting week.

wolverines out, lucy.